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This story highlights Duke research that shows a new vaccine for the aggressive brain cancer glioblastoma can add two years to a patient's survival. John Sampson, M.D., Ph.D., professor of…
This video highlights a vaccine that Duke researchers have been studying in clinical trials that is helping some brain tumor patients live longer. John Sampson, M.D., Ph.D., professor of neurosurgery,…
Researchers at Duke University and others now have more genetic clues as to which women face greater risk for the disease. Comparing 10,000 women with ovarian cancer and 13,000 without…
Dr. Neil Spector, a breast cancer researcher at Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, was always a picture of a health, but while practicing medicine in Miami in the mid- to late…
Kimberly Blackwell, M.D., an associate professor of oncology, shares her thoughts on Avastin as a treatment for breast cancer. "The reality is I have patients who have been kept alive…
This video highlights Duke research that shows supplemental oxygen might not help patients who routinely get it in a hospital or palliative care setting. Amy Abernethy, M.D., an oncologist and…
Hand held computers are helping doctors and patients get the most out of their visits together. Duke University Hospital uses the e/Tablet,a wireless, notebook sized computer, in six cancer clinics.
Caryl Fulcher, RN, MSN, a clinical nurse specialist in oncology, is one of nine DUHS nurses named a Great 100.
This video features the newly expanded Duke Raleigh Cancer Center.
Stephen Freedland, M.D., a urologist, talks about his research that shows statin medications benefit men who have had prostate cancer surgery. “And what we saw was that the men on…